2006-09-24 03:37:55 · 17 answers · asked by MegN 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
No, because heat is not generated by fur coats, it's generated by the person wearing the coat, or the animal the fur is on (hehe). That's why when you get into bed on a cold night, the sheets are cold at first, but your own body heat warms them up.
2006-09-24 03:40:42 · answer #1 · answered by Ryan G 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No. Unlike a living thing, a thermometer does not produce heat by itself. The fur coat will insulate the thermometer from the surrounding air and will delay temperature changes in the thermometer when the temperature of the surroundings changes.
2006-09-24 10:47:02 · answer #2 · answered by canucklehead1951 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No...
The thermometer will rise or fall to show the temperature of the fur coat itself...
2006-09-24 10:44:40 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, i don't think so. There is no transfer of heat energy from the fur coat to the mercury in the thermometer - so the temperature does not increase... :)
2006-09-24 10:41:27 · answer #4 · answered by Dark_Angel 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It will if the coat is already warmer than the thermometer.
The point of a coat is to provide a barrier between the cold air (in winter) and a person's warm skin. Without that barrier, the person would feel cold much faster.
2006-09-24 11:37:52 · answer #5 · answered by felix_doc 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Depends on the temperature of the coat: if it's warmer than what the thermometer is reading, it will rise, if it's colder, it will drop.
2006-09-24 10:41:43 · answer #6 · answered by spongeworthy_us 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Not without a heat source. Of itself, the fur coat is an insulator, not a source of heat. And for our bodies, the fur coat (or clothing, in general) does not make us warm, it KEEPS us warm, by hold in our body heat.
2006-09-24 10:43:06 · answer #7 · answered by alchemist0750 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No.
A coat only insulates, reducing the rate of change of temperature. Coats only keep you warm because they reduce the amount of heat you lose to your environment. Hope this is helpful.
2006-09-24 10:45:47 · answer #8 · answered by Jim 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
only if the fur coat is still breathing!
2006-09-24 10:49:31 · answer #9 · answered by patricia b 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The rate of raise in temperature will be less.
2006-09-24 10:40:42 · answer #10 · answered by Dr M 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋